He's not a very hungry boy really. I don't think he'd get fat because he doesn't have the appetite for it. Maybe we're over exercising him, I don't know.
Google suggests that the average Bernese adult weight is 80-110 pounds.
May I suggest the Irish Wolfhound, which has a minimum average adult weight of 120 pounds.
irish wolfhounds are actually very small wooly mammoths
Dire wolves though remotely are an ancestor of dogs were not much bigger than 110 pounds
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Bodhi has become less of a garbage guts in the last month.
We usually give him a mix of kibble and meat loaf in the morning and just kibble in the morning.
It used to be that he would scarf down his breakfast. Now he might not eat it straight away when you pour it, and will take maybe two goes to finish it.
He'll still shove dinner in his face as fast as possible though.
We could play off mabel's neuroses if we really wanted to, because she won't touch food that other dogs are or have eaten. But it would require a level of social engineering that's probably harder than just training her to not eat until she's told.
Uschi will steal shit right out of her mouth, he's fucking hopeless. But neither of them have ever figured out that they can easily get into the huge kibble bags in the hallway.
We could play off mabel's neuroses if we really wanted to, because she won't touch food that other dogs are or have eaten. But it would require a level of social engineering that's probably harder than just training her to not eat until she's told.
Uschi will steal shit right out of her mouth, he's fucking hopeless. But neither of them have ever figured out that they can easily get into the huge kibble bags in the hallway.
Lola saw her food bag on the floor today ( someone moved it) llooked in and realized she couldn't get close enough and walked away.
I feel like only a beagle will exert the effort required for a gorge
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Gaston's biggest neuroses is that he'll no longer get into his pen at work (even if food and water is in there) because he knows that sometimes the door closes behind him. He prefers to sit on the couch which is by a window into the corridor so he can see people as they pass by in the hope that they will tell him that he is a good dog
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One hopes that he does in fact hear that he is a good dog, very very often.
The idea of a dog who isn't an absolute garbage disposal is totally mind-blowing to me, by the way. We rescued Haechi when he was six weeks old (we think - all of his puppy teeth hadn't grown in yet) and eight years later he still acts like he's starving on a mountainside.
Last weekend at the bagel place (where he is routinely given a small turkey breast worth of turkey scraps by the staff) they were like, "Oh, does he eat ham?" And I laughed in their face. I've seen this boy eat pebbles that had meat juice on them.
Behold, a boy who does not believe he has ever eaten or will ever eat again
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Irish wolfhounds and other dogs of that size are at that point where it's like "I know you're saying this is your dog but I'm 99% certain this is actually a bear that you've put a leash on."
I think there's a point where you start to question who actually owns who once a dog starts hitting triple digits.
Sure, you may be the one holding the leash, but who's actually deciding where your walks go?
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Irish wolfhounds and other dogs of that size are at that point where it's like "I know you're saying this is your dog but I'm 99% certain this is actually a bear that you've put a leash on."
I think there's a point where you start to question who actually owns who once a dog starts hitting triple digits.
Sure, you may be the one holding the leash, but who's actually deciding where your walks go?
Wolfhounds strike me as very docile. Ive seen one once and he was like twenty feet behind his collie and corgi brothers as they barked at me from their yard.
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I have an unshakeable belief that irish wolfhounds are wizards in disguise
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Rex once ate the leg off a pair of my jeans from the hamper because, best I can figure, I had wiped my hands on them while having dinner earlier that day.
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
Mum and her partner once came home once to Elsie (mostly kelpie, a rescue pup), then a puppy, yipping to them, running into the outside laundry (also dog lodgings), running back, yipping, etc. Turns out the old (and rather frail at this point) Connie (half staffy, half kelpie) had managed to get the lid off the metal bin that their kibble was in, and was face first in the kibble unable to get back out. She was pulled out at that point, and just wandered outside, pretending that this indignity never happened.
Elsie is now about 10, and would still inhale her food (seriously she eats like a duck, only faster) and throw it up later (and eat it again) if she's not stopped 4 or 5 times while eating. They once tried one of those knobby mat things that you put the food on so that they have to sort of eat around it so slow her down.. she just flicked it over and ate off the floor.
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Irish wolfhounds and other dogs of that size are at that point where it's like "I know you're saying this is your dog but I'm 99% certain this is actually a bear that you've put a leash on."
I think there's a point where you start to question who actually owns who once a dog starts hitting triple digits.
Sure, you may be the one holding the leash, but who's actually deciding where your walks go?
Wolfhounds strike me as very docile. Ive seen one once and he was like twenty feet behind his collie and corgi brothers as they barked at me from their yard.
Wolfhounds have a much higher threat threshold than most dogs, but if they decide something is a threat that thing is probably dead.
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I understand they're generally pretty good family dogs, but actually need exercise, unlike great danes
Random post showing my now 3 rats. Spoilered for large.
First, Dozer enjoying some tiny toast
Then Smokey, one of my newer ones, who was very shy and scared originally:
But he found his safe place:
Then Bandit my last one being super photogenic and sleepy:
I love my 3 fuzzies.
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They are extremely cuuuute! Especially Dozer though. That lil white face. Hey, do 'pet' rats have spotty coloring for the same mysterious genetic reasons that foxes get more spotty coloring as they become more domesticated? Like, wild rats are never spotty, right? Is that a selected trait? Or did it arise spontaneously?
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We introduced Darcy to a friend's young rottweiler on the weekend. Went about as well as we expected, in that they mostly just ignored each other - until Raffa (the rotty) would run at which point Darcy would chase her and the poor thing would either cower where she was or try and run into a corner and hide.
We almost got them playing together though!
Darcy actually chewed on a stick, and played a bit of tug-of-war, which is about the most she's played with toys except for 3 or 4 days where she'd almost kinda fetch.
Most of the dogs we've introduced Darcy to outside of playgroup are fairly timid, where she's probably on the pushy side of assertive and gets a little bit vocal - not growling exactly, but she does make a kinda low noise as she's huffing and puffing. She definitely still seems to be playing, but it's a very focused play that other dogs seem intimidated by. We're not sure if we should introduce her to some other dogs that will stand their ground a little more to try and curb this a bit.
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I really like having a long hair cat. The fur is so pretty and comfy and snuggly and warm.
But once or twice a year it's not so great, when a bit of shit gets stuck in her butt fur. Then you learn that cats absolutely do the dog thing of rubbing their ass along the floor.
Sometimes the cat resolves this themselves, though they do just leave a piece of shit on the floor.
Sometimes a paper towel can resolve the issue.
Sometimes it takes a brush or scissors to resolve it.
I've thought of just regularly trimming her butt fur, and maybe that'd be an option in the future when she's older, but for now I don't know if that would be disorienting for her as I think cats depend a lot on what they can feel with their fur?
Yeah unfortunately poopy butt problems will get more frequent as they get up there into their golden years.
I have not heard of any special sensory purpose for cat fur other than the whiskers. I don't think trimming their ass fur would hurt or disorient them.
So I guess my roommates didn't latch the door properly this morning because when I got downstairs to leave the door was wide open and their oldest dog was nowhere to be seen. The other one was just chilling in the living room.
So I go down the street to the dog park just on gut feeling.
There she is. Just doing laps around the dog park.
She lost her mind when she saw me. I have no idea how long she had been there. It probably was at least a good 20 minutes since I didn't hear the door open when I was getting ready but I had been woken up by a bang that I thought was them leaving (must've been the door opening originally).
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I really like having a long hair cat. The fur is so pretty and comfy and snuggly and warm.
But once or twice a year it's not so great, when a bit of shit gets stuck in her butt fur. Then you learn that cats absolutely do the dog thing of rubbing their ass along the floor.
Sometimes the cat resolves this themselves, though they do just leave a piece of shit on the floor.
Sometimes a paper towel can resolve the issue.
Sometimes it takes a brush or scissors to resolve it.
I've thought of just regularly trimming her butt fur, and maybe that'd be an option in the future when she's older, but for now I don't know if that would be disorienting for her as I think cats depend a lot on what they can feel with their fur?
Yup. This is my cat Vivi. I never thought of trimming her butt fur though. I could see somehow managing that. Not like, shaved baboon ass, but just a shorter trim back there.
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I mean, you say that, but once you start clipping it can be hard to find a stopping point.
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He's not a very hungry boy really. I don't think he'd get fat because he doesn't have the appetite for it. Maybe we're over exercising him, I don't know.
Ours are all fucking garbage guts, unfortunately.
Dire wolves though remotely are an ancestor of dogs were not much bigger than 110 pounds
We usually give him a mix of kibble and meat loaf in the morning and just kibble in the morning.
It used to be that he would scarf down his breakfast. Now he might not eat it straight away when you pour it, and will take maybe two goes to finish it.
He'll still shove dinner in his face as fast as possible though.
Satans..... hints.....
Uschi will steal shit right out of her mouth, he's fucking hopeless. But neither of them have ever figured out that they can easily get into the huge kibble bags in the hallway.
Lola saw her food bag on the floor today ( someone moved it) llooked in and realized she couldn't get close enough and walked away.
I feel like only a beagle will exert the effort required for a gorge
The idea of a dog who isn't an absolute garbage disposal is totally mind-blowing to me, by the way. We rescued Haechi when he was six weeks old (we think - all of his puppy teeth hadn't grown in yet) and eight years later he still acts like he's starving on a mountainside.
Last weekend at the bagel place (where he is routinely given a small turkey breast worth of turkey scraps by the staff) they were like, "Oh, does he eat ham?" And I laughed in their face. I've seen this boy eat pebbles that had meat juice on them.
Behold, a boy who does not believe he has ever eaten or will ever eat again
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
I think there's a point where you start to question who actually owns who once a dog starts hitting triple digits.
Sure, you may be the one holding the leash, but who's actually deciding where your walks go?
judy is a good name for a dog
Wolfhounds strike me as very docile. Ive seen one once and he was like twenty feet behind his collie and corgi brothers as they barked at me from their yard.
Elsie is now about 10, and would still inhale her food (seriously she eats like a duck, only faster) and throw it up later (and eat it again) if she's not stopped 4 or 5 times while eating. They once tried one of those knobby mat things that you put the food on so that they have to sort of eat around it so slow her down.. she just flicked it over and ate off the floor.
Wolfhounds have a much higher threat threshold than most dogs, but if they decide something is a threat that thing is probably dead.
First, Dozer enjoying some tiny toast
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
Satans..... hints.....
We almost got them playing together though!
Darcy actually chewed on a stick, and played a bit of tug-of-war, which is about the most she's played with toys except for 3 or 4 days where she'd almost kinda fetch.
Most of the dogs we've introduced Darcy to outside of playgroup are fairly timid, where she's probably on the pushy side of assertive and gets a little bit vocal - not growling exactly, but she does make a kinda low noise as she's huffing and puffing. She definitely still seems to be playing, but it's a very focused play that other dogs seem intimidated by. We're not sure if we should introduce her to some other dogs that will stand their ground a little more to try and curb this a bit.
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But once or twice a year it's not so great, when a bit of shit gets stuck in her butt fur. Then you learn that cats absolutely do the dog thing of rubbing their ass along the floor.
Sometimes the cat resolves this themselves, though they do just leave a piece of shit on the floor.
Sometimes a paper towel can resolve the issue.
Sometimes it takes a brush or scissors to resolve it.
I've thought of just regularly trimming her butt fur, and maybe that'd be an option in the future when she's older, but for now I don't know if that would be disorienting for her as I think cats depend a lot on what they can feel with their fur?
I have not heard of any special sensory purpose for cat fur other than the whiskers. I don't think trimming their ass fur would hurt or disorient them.
So I go down the street to the dog park just on gut feeling.
There she is. Just doing laps around the dog park.
She lost her mind when she saw me. I have no idea how long she had been there. It probably was at least a good 20 minutes since I didn't hear the door open when I was getting ready but I had been woken up by a bang that I thought was them leaving (must've been the door opening originally).
If I dont catch her right away. Ill invariably find her an hour later wandering up the street looking for me
Yup. This is my cat Vivi. I never thought of trimming her butt fur though. I could see somehow managing that. Not like, shaved baboon ass, but just a shorter trim back there.
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I realise greyhounds are outliers and it was highly entertaining. But there was a tiny part of me going, he's so slow, this is taking forever.
Satans..... hints.....